{"id":27540,"date":"2017-12-11T12:15:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T17:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27540"},"modified":"2017-12-09T07:55:48","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T12:55:48","slug":"bazillion-points-release-straight-edge-clear-headed-hardcore-punk-history-tony-rettman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=27540","title":{"rendered":"Bazillion Points release ‘STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History’ by Tony Rettman"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STRAIGHTBazillion Points have released a new book titled ‘STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History’ by Tony Rettman.\u00a0This deluxe softcover runs 400 pages, features a foreword by Civ of Gorilla Biscuits, includes a full-color insert, and after is available here<\/a>.\u00a0This is the latest authoritative and exhaustive leap by Bazillion Points into the vast demi-world of a powerful DIY subculture.\u00a0Launch events were mobbed at the Sonos NYC store, Bridge 9 Records in Boston, and Hold Fast Records in Asbury Park, NJ, where Tony Rettman sat for a riveting Q&A with Minor Threat’s Brian Baker.<\/p>\n

\"STRAIGHTStarting in 1981 via Minor Threat’s revolutionary call to arms, the clean and positive straight edge hardcore punk movement took hold and prospered during the 1980s, earning a position as one of the most durable yet chronically misunderstood music subcultures. Straight edge created its own sound and visual style, went on to embrace vegetarianism, and later saw the rise of a violent militant fringe. As the “don’t drink, don’t smoke” message spread from Washington, D.C., to Boston, California, New York City, and, eventually, the world, adherents struggled to define the fundamental ideals and limits of what may be the ultimate youth movement.<\/p>\n

Tony Rettman traces the story of straight edge from adolescent origins to enduring counterculture via fresh first-hand accounts from the clear and alert members of Minor Threat, SS Decontrol, Youth of Today, DYS, Slapshot, Uniform Choice, 7 Seconds, Stalag 13, Justice League, Chain of Strength, No for an Answer, Insted, Gorilla Biscuits, Judge, Bold, Project X, L\u00e4rm, Brotherhood, Shelter, H2O, Half Off, Resurrection, Raid, Strife, Earth Crisis, Vegan Reich, Mindset, Stop and Think, Mouthpiece, Floorpunch, Ten Yard Fight, Mental, Fucked Up, Trial, Have Heart, Praise, Clear, the Geeks, and many others.<\/p>\n

Time Out New York<\/em> calls the book: “a trip through the storied history of the straight edge punk movement, from its origins in 1981 as a call-to-arms from the band Minor Threat to its later flourishing as a fully-fledged counter-culture manifesto.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Bazillion Points have released a new book titled ‘STRAIGHT EDGE: A Clear-Headed Hardcore Punk History’ by Tony Rettman.\u00a0This deluxe softcover runs 400 pages, features a […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27541,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[6,28,4165],"tags":[6952,6953,6954],"class_list":["post-27540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book","category-music","category-punk","tag-bazillion-points","tag-straight-edge-a-clear-headed-hardcore-punk-history","tag-tony-rettman"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/sxe-shot-1.jpg?fit=600%2C400&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-7ac","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39625,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=39625","url_meta":{"origin":27540,"position":0},"title":"DFL announce deluxe reissue + share \u2018Pizza Man\u2019 video","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"August 4, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"DFL\u00a0aka Dead Fucking Last, the iconic \u201890s hardcore band that featured first wave punker\u00a0Monty Messex, Adam Horovitz aka Ad-Rock of the Beastie Boys, and skater \u201cCrazy Tom\u201d Davis, will reissue their influential debut album,\u00a0\u2018My Crazy Life\u2019. 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